Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The reunited Mercyful Fate, which performed last month in Las Vegas, will embark on its first North American tour in two decades this fall. The group, which will be supported by thrashers Kreator and ...

Oh shit! Fans of long-running heavy metal band Mercyful Fate here in the U.S. and Canada rejoice. For the first time in more than 20 years, the iconic act will embark on a North American tour. Now, we ...

Heavy metal legends Mercyful Fate have been on hiatus since 1999, save for when members had a brief, one-off reunion in 2011 at one of Metallica’s 30th anniversary shows, but they’re now finally set ...

Mercyful Fate on Tuesday announced they had decided to part ways with bassist Joey Vera, who had been performing in the reunited heavy metal band for the last five years. Saying the decision was ...

Mercyful Fate's reunion announcement in 2019 promised a handful of festival headliners and some brand new songs written in the style of Melissa and Don't Break the Oath. Guitarist Hank Shermann ...